SOLUTION: Over the weekend, Brady and Jack drove to Key West to go scuba diving. Now they're preparing to go home. Brady needs gas for his jeep, which gets 21 miles per gallon for gas mileag
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Question 1127863: Over the weekend, Brady and Jack drove to Key West to go scuba diving. Now they're preparing to go home. Brady needs gas for his jeep, which gets 21 miles per gallon for gas mileage. When he stops at the gas station, he already has 5 gallons of gas in his tank. He buys more gas for $1.40 per gallon. If Brady spends $19.50 on gas, what is the total distance the boys could travel?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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..., 21 miles per gallon,... Brady needs gas for his jeep, which gets 21 miles per gallon for gas mileage. When he stops at the gas station, he already has 5 gallons of gas in his tank. He buys more gas for $1.40 per gallon. If Brady spends $19.50 on gas, what is the total distance the boys could travel?
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x gallons to top-off
Tank holds 5+x gallons.
Total distance that the full tank will allow:
-------compute this.
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397.5
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